Report Overview
Dealing with disparate DNS, DHCP and IP address management systems is a fact of life for businesses of all sizes. Even for the rare environment that previously had a single on-prem DDI solution, the emergence of cloud services has essentially turned every environment into a mixed, multivendor environment. As that network complexity grows, it becomes increasingly important to manage it effectively.
Men&Mice commissioned Tolly to evaluate its Micetro DNS, DHCP, and IPAM (DDI) overlay orchestration solution. The evaluation encompassed the full range of the Micetro offering which includes: DNS, DHCP, IPAM, redundancy, automation, and reporting/troubleshooting.
Test Results
Tests showed that Micetro’s components were simple to install into an existing, multi-vendor DDI network that included both on-prem and cloud components. Micetro’s orchestration was intuitive and simple to use with its overlay approach providing a single, consistent interface across all the underlying, multi-vendor services.
Installation
Installation in under an hour. Non-disruptive to existing DDI components.
Flexibility
Multi-service interoperability. Non-Disruptive Operation. Easy resource migration from on-prem to cloud.
Redundancy
Multi-Component Redundancy: Micetro server, back-end database, xDNS redundancy zones.
Automation
Extensive automation support built via abstraction layer that allows portability to all managed services. This also results in a reduced learning curve as the same automation UI is used for all managed services.
Troubleshooting
Centralized logs to aid troubleshooting of underlying services. Provides audit logs for services, like AWS, that do not log IP address changes.
TCO
Ease-of-use reduces/eliminates training time/costs. No requirement for cloud appliances reduces OpEx.
Tolly Report
Whether you have a large network spanning across millions of IP addresses or a more simple set-up, Men&Mice makes it easier than ever to deploy, control, and grow your network anytime, anywhere — on-premise or in the cloud.
“For me it’s about IP allocation where we can see the whole IP space, knowing which IP is mapped to which name. [With Micetro] it’s much easier to see what’s free and where we want to put things, rather than probing the IPs one by one through DNS. For us that’s a key feature that’s really helpful.”
Charlie Alvarez,
IAM Service Owner & Team Manager, NI (National Instruments).
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Modernize your entire DNS, DHCP, and IPAM environment in minutes with this non-disruptive overlay solution which will give you visibility and control over your on-premises and cloud DNS zones, DHCP scopes, and other DDI objects.
